This Week in Bitcoin
This Week in Bitcoin

This Week in Bitcoin

Chris Fisher

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A high-signal Bitcoin news podcast focused on analysis you'll find valuable.

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10: Bitcoin's Next Battle
MAY 16, 2024
10: Bitcoin's Next Battle
<p>The surprising legal win Bitcoin scored this week and the brewing battle on the horizon. My three takeaways from the newly released Bitcoin 13F Filings, and great news for Bitcoin mining.<br /><br /><strong>Sponsor:</strong> <a href="http://podhome.fm" target="_blank">http://podhome.fm</a><br /> <strong>Promo Code:</strong> TWIB<br /><br /><strong>LINKS:</strong><br /><br /></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-sentenced-to-64-months-in-prison-in-the-netherlands/" target="_blank">Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison in the Netherlands</a><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1790391222235758700" target="_blank">Lyn Alden on X: “Criminalizing the mere development and publication of code is an ugly precedent. If published in a book or a blog, it would mean the book or blog is illegal. An illegal order of numbers and letters. Very different than actually using code maliciously.” / X</a></li><li><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-senators-challenge-doj-crypto-money-transmission" target="_blank">Sens. Lummis, Wyden oppose Justice Dept. stance on Tornado Cash charges</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-foster-sherman-cleaver-introduce-legislation-to-temporarily-prohibit-crypto-mixers" target="_blank">Casten, Foster, Sherman, Cleaver Introduce Legislation to Temporarily Prohibit Crypto Mixers | U.S. Congressman Sean Casten</a></li><li><a href="https://casten.house.gov/imo/media/doc/blockchain_integrity_act.pdf" target="_blank">Text of the Bill PDF</a><br /><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ibex-pay-quits-us/" target="_blank">IBEX Pay Suspends Services in the United States</a><br /><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/AsafGivoli/status/1788669320240697720" target="_blank">Asaf Givoli on X: “🚀🌊 #Bitcoin mining in 🇵🇾 #Paraguay just got greener! Using 💯% renewable 💧 hydro-power, we’re not just mining, we’re educating! Join the movement as we power up 📚 #BitcoinEducationacross Latin America. 🌱🙌 #GreenMining #CryptoFuture #BTC </a><a href="https://t.co/3zbz3k1ggv”" target="_blank">https://t.co/3zbz3k1ggv”</a><a href="https://twitter.com/AsafGivoli/status/1788669320240697720" target="_blank"> / X</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/dsbatten/status/1787849651720216741?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A" target="_blank">Daniel Batten on X: “Another nation state leader attests to the benefits of bitcoin mining Kenya has 10 GW of geothermal energy alone, 9 GW of which is completely untapped Bitcoin mining can unlock Kenya’s energy abundance, bringing renewable energy online that otherwise would have been unviable” / X</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BTC_Archive/status/1788161425355030723" target="_blank">Bitcoin Archive on X: “BREAKING: 🇦🇷 Argentina to mine #Bitcoin using stranded gas with 1,200 bitcoin mining machines - Forbes 🔥 </a><a href="https://t.co/IWSxpH5okP”" target="_blank">https://t.co/IWSxpH5okP”</a><a href="https://twitter.com/BTC_Archive/status/1788161425355030723" target="_blank"> / X</a><br /><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1790830802911048112" target="_blank">Three takeaways from Bitwise CIO’s weekly memo to investors.</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/MacroScope17/status/1790394649120559570" target="_blank">The State of Wisconsin Investment Board reports the following positions: BlackRock Bitcoin ETF: $99,167,688 (2,450,400 shares) Grayscale BTC: $63,687,310 (1,013,000 shares) This is a small part of a massive…" </a><br /><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/bordalix/helm-wallet" target="_blank">bordalix/helm-wallet: The lightning wallet even your grandma can use</a><br /><br /><strong>Music</strong><ul><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6855581" target="_blank">I Need a Little by The Retrograde</a></li></ul></li></ul><p></p>
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09: The 7 Reasons Bitcoin Tanked
MAY 1, 2024
09: The 7 Reasons Bitcoin Tanked
The seven reasons Bitcoin's price is tanked, updates on the Samurai Indictment, and why the godmother of Modern Monetary Theory thinks it's childish for governments to be held to budgets.<br /><br /><strong>Sponsor:</strong> <a href="http://podhome.fm" target="_blank">http://podhome.fm</a><br /> <strong>Promo Code:</strong> TWIB<br /><br /><strong>LINKS:</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-30/jpy-usd-japanese-yen-s-slide-and-dramatic-rebound-are-just-the-start" target="_blank">JPY/USD: Japanese Yen’s Slide and Dramatic Rebound Are Just the Start - Bloomberg</a></li><li><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/04/30/japan-is-wrong-to-try-to-prop-up-the-yen" target="_blank">Japan is wrong to try to prop up the yen</a></li><li><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/29/bitcoin-trades-at-slight-premium-in-yen-terms-amid-suspected-boj-intervention/" target="_blank">Bitcoin (BTC) Trades At Slight Premium in Yen (JPY) Terms Amid Suspected BOJ Intervention</a></li><li><a href="https://wolfstreet.com/2024/04/16/yen-drops-to-155-against-usd-currency-collapse-at-work-50-against-usd-since-2012-32-since-2021/" target="_blank">Yen Drops to 155 against USD. Currency Collapse at Work, -32% against USD since 2021, -50% since 2012 | Wolf Street</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/291286/doj-says-roman-semenov-did-much-more-than-just-write-code-in-response-to-defenses-dismissal-motion" target="_blank">DOJ says Roman Storm did much more than just write code in response to defense’s dismissal motion | The Block</a></li><li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.604938/gov.uscourts.nysd.604938.53.0.pdf" target="_blank">Microsoft Word - Tornado Cash Govt Opp to Motions vF.docx</a></li><li><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/29/samourai-wallet-co-founder-keonne-rodriguez-pleads-not-guilty-released-on-1m-bond/" target="_blank">Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Keonne Rodriguez Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $1M Bond</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2024/PSA240425" target="_blank">Alert on Cryptocurrency Money Services Businesses</a></li><li><a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-and-cassidy-send-bipartisan-letter-to-doj-and-dhs-to-stop-crypto-in-the-illegal-trade-of-child-sexual-abuse-material" target="_blank">Warren and Cassidy Send Bipartisan Letter to DOJ and DHS to Stop Crypto in the Illegal Trade of Child Sexual Abuse Material | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/01/fed-rate-decision-may-2024-.html" target="_blank">Fed rate decision May 2024: Fed holds rate steady</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/personal-finance/prosecutors-examining-transactions-block-owner-cash-app-squarc-rcna147181" target="_blank">Federal prosecutors are examining financial transactions at Block, owner of Cash App and Square</a></li><li><a href="https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/trampoline-payments/" target="_blank">Trampoline payments&nbsp;</a></li></ul><strong>Final Clip of the Week</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/1783597589981458470?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A" target="_blank">Author Stehpanie Kelton goes on the Daily Show to make case for MMT and why governments shouldn’t have the same financial constraints of “businesses and households”</a></li></ul><strong>Music</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6861579" target="_blank">Self Destruct by The Trusted</a></li></ul>
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08: Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested
APR 24, 2024
08: Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested
The Samourai Wallet founders were arrested, what we know at this point, as well as El Salvador's Chivo Wallet hack. Plus, some good news for Bitcoin's improvement proposal process, my thoughts on the Epic halving sat bidding, and why Runes won't go away anytime soon.<br /><br /><strong>Sponsor:</strong> <a href="http://podhome.fm" target="_blank">http://podhome.fm</a><br /> <strong>Promo Code:</strong> TWIB<br /><br /><strong>LINKS:</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.coinex.com/en/halving-block-auction" target="_blank">Epic halving sat Bidding</a></li><li><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/24/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/" target="_blank">Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested and Charged With Money Laundering</a></li><li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering" target="_blank">Southern District of New York | Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses | United States Department of Justice</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/CAMHHROw9mZJRnTbUo76PdqwJU==YJMvd9Qrst+nmyypaedYZgg@mail.gmail.com/T/#m654f52c426bd5696d88668b3bff25197846e14af" target="_blank">[bitcoindev] Adding New BIP Editors</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/el-salvadors-chivo-wallet-source-code-vpn-access-leaked/" target="_blank">El Salvador’s Chivo Wallet Source Code &amp; VPN Access Leaked</a></li></ul><br /><ul><li><a href="https://walletscrutiny.com/" target="_blank">WalletScrutiny - Know your wallet like you built it.</a></li><li><a href="https://nostr.com/note1dxgwacclt4ae3d0hyywxunmjynxzvdlfv3e28amdeqhtytetmr3q7azamq" target="_blank">Zeus v0.9.0-alpha1</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jackmallers/status/1783162779328774554" target="_blank">Jack Mallers on X: "Announcing Strike Europe 🇪🇺</a></li></ul><strong>Bullet Proof Stacker Self-Custody Links:</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://river.com/signup?r=3CT4V56E" target="_blank">Buy Sats on River</a><ul><li><a href="https://learn.robosats.com/" target="_blank">Learn RoboSats</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://aquawallet.io/" target="_blank">AQUA Wallet</a></li><li><a href="https://sparrowwallet.com/" target="_blank">Sparrow Bitcoin Wallet - Sparrow Wallet</a></li><li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/green-bitcoin-wallet/id1402243590" target="_blank">Green: Bitcoin Wallet on the App Store</a></li></ul><strong>Music</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6796493?episode=19194534527" target="_blank">Play Guitar by Doerfel Family Bluegrass</a></li></ul>
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07: A Tale of Two Halvings
APR 20, 2024
07: A Tale of Two Halvings
The Bitcoin halving is here, but are Runes crashing the party? I'll explore how the halving could impact Bitcoin mining, the macro signs that indicate short-term price swings are probable, and why everyone is concerned Runes might cause a spike in transaction fees.<br /><br /><p><strong>Sponsor:</strong> <a href="http://podhome.fm" target="_blank">http://podhome.fm</a><br /> <strong>Promo Code:</strong> TWIB</p><br /><br /><strong>LINKS:</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://rodarmor.com/blog/runes/" target="_blank">Runes – Casey Rodarmor’s Blog</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/04/19/bitcoin-suddenly-braced-for-a-35-trillion-halving-price-earthquake/?sh=69b434755b5b" target="_blank">Bitcoin Suddenly Braced For A $35 Trillion Halving Price Earthquake</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitcoin-halving-cbs-news-explains/" target="_blank">A bitcoin halving is imminent. Here’s what that means. - CBS News</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/what-bitcoin-halving-could-mean-for-investors-and-miners.html" target="_blank">What bitcoin halving could mean for investors and miners</a></li><li><a href="https://blockstream.com/green/" target="_blank">Blockstream Green: Simple and secure Bitcoin wallet</a></li><li><a href="https://aquawallet.io/" target="_blank">AQUA Wallet</a></li><li><a href="https://river.com/signup?r=3CT4V56E" target="_blank">River Referal Link</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.robosats.com/" target="_blank">Learn RoboSats</a></li><li><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-kyc-and-why-does-it-matter-for-crypto/" target="_blank">What is KYC</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/craig-wright-down-bad/" target="_blank">Craig Wright Discontinues Tulip Trading Case in Major Win for Bitcoin Developers</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/roasbeef/status/1781086945986404559" target="_blank">🚨 attention lnd node operators that have upgraded or are considering upgrading to bitcoind 27 🚨</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBzAX_RXP_4" target="_blank">US Senator Cynthia Lummis says high ranking government officials feel threatened by Bitcoin - YouTube</a></li></ul><strong>MUSIC:&nbsp;</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6865081" target="_blank">Leave It Alone - June &amp; The Jets</a></li></ul>
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06: Debunking Big Blocker Alternative History
APR 9, 2024
06: Debunking Big Blocker Alternative History
Roger Ver has presented an alternative narrative about Bitcoin's history. I've read it, so you don't have to.<br /><br />Why he's trying to regulate the blocksize wars, and my response to his claims that Bitcoin's true potential has been stolen.<br /><br /><strong>Sponsor:</strong> <a href="http://podhome.fm" target="_blank">http://podhome.fm</a><br /> <strong>Promo Code:</strong> TWIB<br /><br /><strong>LINKS:<br /></strong><br /><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwOowwL8-_A" target="_blank">Recent Interview w/Roger Ver</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrkT2ite_8&amp;t=1915s" target="_blank">Inside The Blocksize Wars with Adam Back and Jonathan Bier - YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://decrypt.co/225038/this-week-in-coins-bitcoin-ends-on-a-downer-as-rival-bitcoin-cash-shines" target="_blank">This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Ends on a Downer as Rival Bitcoin Cash Shines - Decrypt</a></li><li><a href="https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&amp;m=supply.ActiveMore5YPercent" target="_blank">Bitcoin: Supply Last Active 5+ Years Ago - Glassnode Studio</a></li><li><a href="https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&amp;m=supply.ActiveMore2YPercent" target="_blank">Bitcoin: Supply Last Active 2+ Years Ago - Glassnode Studio</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0101.mediawiki" target="_blank">bips/bip-0101.mediawiki at master · bitcoin/bips</a></li></ul><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-wallet-v0-6-2/" target="_blank">Mutiny Wallet v0.6.2: Federated Lightning Addresses for Mutiny+ Users</a></li><li><a href="https://nostr.com/note18jdxtqvwvk6a83p6rq569m5k423n5777zmquz9zatktu5spzu0wsmz636r" target="_blank">ZEUS v0.8.3 is now available</a></li></ul><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blocksize-War-controls-Bitcoins-protocol/dp/B08YQMC2WM" target="_blank">Amazon.com: The Blocksize War: The battle over who controls Bitcoin’s protocol rules</a></li></ul><strong>Music:</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6852157" target="_blank">So Many Years by TJ Wong</a></li></ul>
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38 MIN